1943 Event Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower) 1863 Event President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address 1862 Event Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal 1862 Event Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia 1862 Event Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee 1861 Event Confederacy starts selling postage stamps 1861 Event President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy 1861 Event Brazil recognizes Confederacy 1861 Event 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV 1861 Event U.S. and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange 1861 Event Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederacy 1861 Event Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between U.S. and Confederacy 1861 Event Indianola Texas - "Star of West" taken by Confederacy 1861 Event Fort Sumter, South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War 1861 Event U.S. Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by Confederacy 1861 Event Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans 1861 Event Department of Navy of Confederacy forms 1861 Event Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time in Montgomery, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy 1861 Event Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia seized by Confederacy 1861 Event Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy 1836 Birthday Joseph Wheeler II, Major General, Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee 1830 Birthday Zebulon Baird Vance, Governor, Confederacy 1826 Birthday Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady, Confederacy 1825 Birthday Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC, Confederacy 1824 Birthday Nathan George "Shanks" Evans, Brigadier General, Confederacy 1821 Birthday Gustavus Woodson Smith, Secretary War, Confederacy 1821 Birthday Emerson Brown Joseph, Confederacy 1820 Birthday John Willis Ellis, Governor, Confederacy 1820 Birthday George Davis, Attorney General Confederacy 1819 Birthday Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen, Confederacy 1818 Birthday John Henninger Reagan, Attorney General, Confederacy 1818 Event Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends 1818 Birthday John Gill Shorter, Gov, Confederacy 1818 Birthday George Wythe Randolph, Secretary War Confederacy 1818 Birthday Isham Green Harris, Governor, Confederacy 1816 Birthday Clement Claiborne Clay, MC, Confederacy 1815 Birthday James Alexander Seddon, Secretary War, Confederacy 1815 Birthday Thomas Stanhope Bocock, Confederacy 1814 Birthday William Lowndes Yancey, MC, Confederacy 1813 Birthday Milledge Luke Bonham, Confederacy 1813 Birthday John Letcher, Gov, Confederacy 1812 Birthday Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President, Confederacy 1811 Birthday John Archibald Campbell, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy 1811 Birthday Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War, Confederacy 1810 Birthday Thomas Bragg, Attorney General, Confederacy 1810 Birthday Robert Augustus Toombs, Secretary State, Confederacy 1810 Birthday Jacob Thompson, Confederacy 1809 Birthday Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy 1809 Birthday Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secretary State, Confederacy 1807 Birthday George Alfred Trenholm, Secretary Treasury, Confederacy 1807 Birthday Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy 1806 Birthday Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander, Confederacy 1803 Birthday Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secretary Treasury, Confederacy 1801 Birthday Robert Woodward Barnwell, MC, Confederacy 1800 Birthday Barnwell Rhett Robert, Confederacy 1798 Birthday Mason James Murray, Confederacy 1797 Birthday Wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, Confederacy Confederate Army
